Rubber Band Car Wheels

Tape one end of a rubber band to the cardboard at the end opposite the axle.

Rubber band car wheels.

You ve given the rubber band potential stored energy. The wheel and axle should now rotate together. While you can certainly use a paper towel tube for your car i chose a sturdier tube that came from a box of aluminum foil. Then get 4 cds and glue a wooden spool to one side of each cd and a button to the other side.

Kids love building things that move. When the rubber band unwinds and the axle spins it transforms the potential stored energy into kinetic energy or motion energy. This rubber band car tutorial comes right out of the pages of one of my new books rubber band mania. Wrap the unattached end of the rubber band over the catch.

Turn the axle several times. 1 16 of over 1 000 results for rubber band for power wheels price and other details may vary based on size and color pro line racing pro line tire rubber bands 4 pro629800. Plus it s even more fun if you can make a car go without just pushing it or by adding an expensive motor. There are lots of creative rubber band car ideas but you definitely need a rubber band and a way to wind it up.

Make the second wheel the same way. It s a thicker cardboard and will definitely hold up better. The more you wind the rubber band around the axle the more energy can go to your car s wheels and the faster and farther it will go. Attach the rubber band.

A quick google search for rubber band car project yields tens of thousands of results so why reinvent the rubber band powered wheel the top results show cars with small wheels without traction or cd wheels which are difficult to attach to an axel both of. The rubber band can slip relative to the wooden axle preventing the wheels from spinning. This rubber band powered car is an awesome engineering activity for your next stem project time. Elektronomia the other side ncs release https yout.

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